Abundance on Vacation

While in Japan we experienced the amazing abundance

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. ~ W.B. Yeats

Abundance is all around us if we choose to be open to it. On my 100-day journey studying abundance, I experience and recall magic every day. Yesterday I recalled two stories of magic abounding while we were on our trip to Japan last summer. My husband and son love all kinds of games. They play video games together and love to try their luck at every turn. In Japan, they had opportunities around every corner to have fun.

In Tokyo, they both had a blast going to some different game centers and arcades. One particular one created a moment of literal overflow. It was a game where there were tokens in the middle. When you took turns, you were able to play little mini-games to allow more tokens to flow to you. They played together on a lucky station. The gold-colored coins kept flowing to them so much, they had to ask for buckets.

When I met up with them a while later, they were in the process of trying to figure out what to do with so many tokens. It turned out that due to the gambling laws, the only thing you could do with them would be to play other games. Apparently, there were no prizes or cash. The attendant helped them, and they created an account where they could store their tokens in case they wanted to come back to play again. It was very secure and even required a fingerprint to open the device where their coins were to be stored. They felt satisfied with their win and the fun they had; that they decided not to come back to claim their treasure.

Another instance of abundance happened in Kyoto when my son tried his luck at a game center playing a claw game to try to win a stuffed animal. He had a lot of fun playing it, and much to his surprise, he won an enormous stuffed bear with a little purple heart. He was so shocked and delighted when he won it. However, we were about to go on another train trip, so we thought we would leave it at the hotel so that some other child might enjoy it. My son was more than fine with that; to him, the fun in winning it was enough.

When my husband went up to the front desk of the hotel to see if he could leave it there for another child, the hotel staff did not quite understand. They thought he wanted to be able to carry the bear on the train. They took the bear into a back room, and it came back, expertly wrapped in a bag, with a lovely handle fashioned onto it. We decided that we did not need to attempt to explain further and just left the bear on one of the beds when we left the hotel. I often think of that bear, and it makes me smile, thinking of the happiness it gave someone to find it.

My prayer and my intention for you today are for you to recall a time that you received a surprise, won a prize, a game or were delighted by an outcome. There is always magic waiting for us all around. We have to be receptive to it and have fun every opportunity we get.

Day #24: Do you recall a time that you won a prize, a game, or received a surprise?

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Trista Signe Ainsworth is a Professional Organizer at Joyful Minimalism. She guides clients on a personal growth journey through their homes.

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